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Updated every weekday as availableNaturalist group needs helpers
Daily Progress, January 3, 2012
"The Old Rag Master Naturalists needs you: To volunteer, that is. The chapter of the Virginia Master Naturalist Program is accepting applications for volunteers until Feb. 11. The program’s orientation and introduction session will take place at the Madison Extension Office on Main Street in Madison at 9 a.m. March 13. The cost for training is $125. Created in 2006, this local organization serves Culpeper, Madison, Rappahannock, Greene and the western portions of Fauquier and Orange counties."
North Anna nuclear unit powering up quickly
Daily Progress, January 3, 2012
"Dominion Virginia Power said Tuesday that it expected to have its North Anna 1 nuclear power plant back up at full power quickly. “We expect the unit to be at 100 percent soon,” company spokesman Richard Zuercher said Tuesday, though he would not, for competitive reasons, say specifically when it would be in full operation."
Save money with an ’enlightened’ roof - and decorate too
Leesburg Today, January 2, 2012
"Enlightenment isn’t just a state of mind - it can also be an important energy-saving state of being for your home’s roof. By "enlightening" your roof, you can use less energy, save money, and dress up the interior of your home at the same time. All roofs protect us, and the interiors of our homes, but they can do so much more. They can be the collection and distribution point for an inexhaustible supply of free natural light and energy."
Uranium report says local sites not viable
Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star, December 20, 2011
"Uranium mining and milling in Virginia would present human health and safety and environmental risks, which could be mitigated with best-management practices, according to a long-awaited National Academy of Sciences study released Monday. And, of interest to the Fredericksburg area, it concludes that only Virginia Uranium’s proposed Coles Hill site in Pittsylvania County would be commercially viable among Virginia deposits, for now."
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Updated every week as availableNorth Anna nuclear unit powering up quickly
Daily Progress, January 3, 2012
"Dominion Virginia Power said Tuesday that it expected to have its North Anna 1 nuclear power plant back up at full power quickly. “We expect the unit to be at 100 percent soon,” company spokesman Richard Zuercher said Tuesday, though he would not, for competitive reasons, say specifically when it would be in full operation."
Save money with an ’enlightened’ roof - and decorate too
Leesburg Today, January 2, 2012
"Enlightenment isn’t just a state of mind - it can also be an important energy-saving state of being for your home’s roof. By "enlightening" your roof, you can use less energy, save money, and dress up the interior of your home at the same time. All roofs protect us, and the interiors of our homes, but they can do so much more. They can be the collection and distribution point for an inexhaustible supply of free natural light and energy."
Bacons Rebellion, November 3, 2011
"The McDonnell administration omitted critical information from its presentation last summer when seeking the Commonwealth Transportation Board’s approval to fund the controversial Charlottesville bypass."
Public comments at transportation meeting
Culpeper Star-Exponent, November 4, 2011
"Secretary of Transportation, Sean Connaughton and local members of the Commonwealth Transportation Board hosted a meeting Thursday night seeking public input on the development of the Six-Year Improvement Program for fiscal years 2013 to 2018."
Changes proposed for Blue Ridge Parkway
Culpeper Star-Exponent, November 10, 2011
"Blue Ridge Parkway administrators are proposing changes that include improving recreational vehicle access at one campground and ending overnight stays at another. The changes are part of a proposed management plan for the 76-year-old parkway."
North Anna reactors will stay idle into November
Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star, October 22, 2011
"It will be at least next month before North Anna Power Station’s two nuclear reactors--idle since the Aug. 23 earthquake--are back online. That news came yesterday as Dominion power officials met with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in Rockville, Md., to go over what’s been done to prepare Units 1 and 2 for restart in the aftermath of Virginia’s second-largest earthquake on record."
Warner Backs another Potomac Crossing
Bacons Rebellion, September 28, 2011
"It looks like the Outer Washington Beltway, which would connect with Maryland by means of a bridge across the Potomac River, is not just an idea being pushed by the McDonnell administration. Sen. Mark Warner declared on the Kojo Nnamdi radio show that he supports a new bridge himself."
Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star, September 29, 2011
"When the two nuclear reactors at North Anna Power Station automatically shut down moments after the Aug. 23 earthquake, operators initially thought it was because off-site power was lost."
Louisa reactors won’t restart until safety assured
Daily Progress, September 2, 2011
"Dominion Virginia Power says it won’t restart the nuclear reactors at its North Anna Power Station rattled by the Aug. 23 earthquake until the company is convinced it is safe. The plant, about 11 miles from the epicenter of the 5.8-magnitude quake, was shut down within seconds of the tremor that shook tens of millions along the East Coast."
NRC, Dominion to meet on earthquake’s effects
Daily Progress, September 8, 2011
"Federal nuclear regulators will discuss August earthquake’s impact on the North Anna Power Station with Dominion Virginia Power officials today. The electric utility will provide more details to members of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff on what happened at the power plant as a result of the Aug. 23 earthquake. The meeting will be held at the NRC headquarters in Rockville, Md."
